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The Office of Internal Oversight Services transmits herewith its annual report for the calendar year 2016 for the information of the Health Assembly. Rule XII of the Financial Rules – Internal Audit – establishes the mandate of the Office of Internal Oversight Services. Paragraph 112.3(e) of Rule XII requires the Office to submit a summary annual report to the Director-General on its activities, their orientation and scope, and on the implementation status of recommendations.

In January 2017, the Executive Board, at its 140th session, considered an earlier version of this report that contained a draft resolution.1 During the discussions,2 an informal drafting group was set up so that consensus could be reached on the text of the draft resolution. Despite progress made by the drafting group, consensus was not achieved before closure of the Board’s session and certain paragraphs of the draft resolution remained pending.

Alongside the workforce data for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2016, which were made available on the WHO website in March 2017,1 this report provides an overview of the trends in the WHO workforce for the past three years. It also provides an update on the implementation of the Organization-wide human resources strategy.

The Executive Board at its 140th session noted a prior version of this report and adopted decision EB140(3) requesting the Director-General to finalize, in collaboration with ILO, OECD and relevant regional and specialized entities, in consultation with Member States, a draft five-year action plan 2017−2021 and to submit that draft action plan for consideration by the Seventieth World Health Assembly.1 This updated report provides additional information on the consultative process towards a

This report describes the work that WHO is undertaking at global, regional and country levels to improve coordination of the response to emergencies with health consequences. Strong coordination both of all health actors in emergencies and of collaboration with actors in other sectors is vital to ensuring the predictability, coherence and effectiveness of emergency operations.

The Executive Board at its 140th session considered and noted an earlier version of this report and the associated draft road map to enhance health sector engagement in the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management towards the 2020 goal and beyond.1 During the Board’s discussion one region requested the Secretariat to prepare a draft decision on the road map for consideration by the Health Assembly, and one Member State indicated that they would submit written comments on the

This report is submitted pursuant to the request by the Executive Board in resolution EBSS3.R1 (2015).1 It provides information on all Public Health Emergencies of International Concern, WHO Grade 3 emergencies and United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee Level 3 emergencies in which WHO took action between 1 January and 1 October 2016. In addition, it provides an update on WHO’s action in Grade 2 emergencies.

At its 140th session, the Executive Board noted an earlier version of this report1 and requested the Secretariat, in consultation with Member States, to prepare a draft resolution for consideration by the Seventieth World Health Assembly. Such a text will be submitted separately following the conclusion of the consultations with Member States.

In May 2012, the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA65.17, in which it endorsed the global vaccine action plan1 and requested the Director-General, inter alia, to monitor progress and report annually, through the Executive Board, to the Health Assembly, until the Seventy-first World Health Assembly, on progress towards achievement of global immunization targets, as a substantive agenda item, using the proposed accountability framework to guide discussions and future acti

In January 2017, the Executive Board at its 140th session noted an earlier version of this report.1 This updated version takes into account the discussions at that Board session, with revisions in particular to paragraphs 5–10, the section on the High-level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents (paragraphs 13–15) and paragraphs 20–24.

In 2008, following a two-year negotiation process, the Sixty-first World Health Assembly debated the output of an inter-governmental working group and subsequently the global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property (GSPOA) was adopted in resolution WHA61.21.

The report of the External Auditor on the audit of the financial statements and operations of the World Health Organization (WHO) is issued pursuant to Regulation XIV of the Financial Regulations of WHO and is transmitted through the Executive Board to the Seventieth World Health Assembly (WHA) This is the first long-form report to the World Health Assembly by the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit of the Republic of the Philippines, under a new mandate as the External Auditor of the WHO